Al Zafer Cargo is one of the foremost logistics service providers of the region with a magnificent track record of more than three decades.

Under the proficient leadership of Mohammed Zafer Al Qahtani, chairman of Al Zafer Group, and Mahmoud Saleh Qatamesh, managing director, and with a team of highly motivated staff, Al Zafer offers a wide spectrum of specialised services to its clients ranging from international freight forwarding, container freight station, stevedoring and terminal operations, to customs broking, cargo survey and container yard services.
“The company’s mission is to achieve absolute perfection and to take in all developmental innovations in this sector,” it says. “So it always strives to get through more value-added services, in this changing environment. Also, it is well outfitted to handle any volume of cargoes or to add any kind of new services or sectors. Al Zafer is equipped with the latest infrastructure and facilities to implement its customers’ requirements with the utmost accuracy.”
Al Zafer Cargo provided the following details of its services:

Shipping and International Freight Forwarding:
Sea logistics has been its nucleus area of operations. Al Zafer offers time definitive FCL and LCL ocean freight services anywhere in the world enabling its clients to achieve their objectives in supply chain management. It has wide experience in handling general and specialised, inbound and outbound shipments. It represents some of the leading groupage consolidators in the kingdom.
Al Zafer Cargo has obtained a shipping licence from the Saudi authority to own/operate a shipping company/agency. The company is enthusiastic about diversifying its service sectors and this is one of the steps taken in that direction.

Air Freight and Aviation Services:
Its experience, network and good relationships with leading international airlines enhance its ability to secure space allotment even in the peak season. Its special agreements with the carriers enable it to provide better rates and expert service, in handling import/export air cargoes.
It is in the process of strengthening its aviation department and hence it has procured a B732200 aircraft in partnership with a Mediterranean company. This aircraft has the capacity to carry 115 passengers and 8 tonnes of cargo. Al Zafer is planning to operate it as a scheduled flight in the Central Africa and Tchad – Jeddah sectors. At present Al Zafer has obtained a contract from the Saudi Ministry of Interior affairs to transport deportees from Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Tchad and Ethiopia during the next year. This may be transformed into a charter flight in the future.

Road Transportation:
As part of its integrated service, Al Zafer has all the necessary resources, including a fleet of container trailers and a dedicated team to handle land transportation for commodities of different natures. The fleet consists of 200 units including reefers.

Door-to-door Services:
In addition the above, Al Zafer offers other various specialised services. It has regular door-to-door services to Indonesia and the Philippines for personal effects and household goods in particular.

Customs Clearance, Container Yard and Cargo Survey:
Al Zafer has a customs clearance department with specialised manpower supported by a highly sophisticated information system. Also, it has a separate division for cargo survey and loss adjustment with highly dedicated and skilled staff. Its container and storage yard in the close proximity of the Jeddah seaport is one of the biggest of this region. It makes it possible to handle a large number of containers and bulk cargo at a time.

Al Zafer and Tusdeer:
Thanks to the passionate support and cooperation tendered by Tusdeer Free Zone, Al Zafer had the opportunity to be one of the pioneers in opening CFS warehouses inside the free zone.
This association helped Al Zafer make sure of easier and comfortable handling of its import consol boxes coming from various parts of the world. Now it strips out an average of 2,000 teu per annum with an estimated volume of 60,000 cbm, inside the Tusdeer warehouse. It is estimated to have an average of 6,000-7,000 cbm cargoes in storage under normal circumstances.
It uses the Tusdeer free zone facility for handling its regular transit shipments of vehicles, machinery, and engineering goods, to and from various parts of the world. With the ardent support of Tusdeer it has succeeded in becoming a specialised company in transit operations. The transit of FCL shipments is also done in abundance without any problems.
The Tusdeer facility enables Al Zafer to fulfill the duty free-re-export requirements of its clients smoothly, giving its clients the opportunity for easier customs dealings and relief from document related issues. There have been many occasions when Tusdeer helped in sorting out problems related to delayed receipt of shipping documents from its overseas agents. In many instances Tusdeer supported Al Zafer by providing additional labour and equipment in handling its cargoes when it had some unexpected rush in its warehouses.
According to Al Zafer, Tusdeer plans to utilise more equipment for the speedy mobilisation of containers from landside to the Tusdeer area and for returning empty containers back to the line stack. By the second quarter of 2007, it will provide access to the customs computer system to enter manifest and other necessary information directly on to it. This facility is to be shared with customers so that customers can submit manifest and other necessary details online.
Speaking of the association with Tusdeer, an Al Zafer spokesman said, “From our experience with Tusdeer Free Zone for the last three years, we can articulate without prejudice that it helped us a lot in expanding our activities to some new areas of service in which we are a specialised firm today.”